Program Manager, Central Programs
Program Manager, Central Programs
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$ 174000 - 258000
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Job Description
Snapshot
The role of the Program Management Team is to shape and accelerate the delivery of GDMs highest priority programs to make fast-paced progress towards our mission. We continually pursue scalable and sustainable ways to optimize our work striving to ensure we cultivate an environment where people can be both highly collaborative and deeply creative making progress at pace. We build positive relationships with teams bringing clarity to ambiguity and providing stability during change. We are active curious and thoughtful about deepening our understanding of people and driving successful outcomes on programs. We continually deepen our domain knowledge to ensure all our work is advancing towards our mission.
About us
Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanitys most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind were a team of scientists engineers machine learning experts and more working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery and collaborate with others on critical challenges ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
The role
Sitting within our wider Operations Group this role is part of the Central Programs team. This team leads and delivers large strategic programs across the business. Collaborating closely with all of GDMs functions Central Programs has a unique central viewpoint of the business current and future needs with its core purpose to successfully deliver our highest priority and most impactful initiatives enabling Google DeepMind to grow thrive and accelerate towards the mission in the most effective way possible.
In this role you will continually move across a variety of high priority company-wide programs to scope shape and deliver against critical and continually evolving deliverables and set programs up for long term success. Working with partners across all teams youll build direction and structure craft creative solutions and simplify complexity.
Key responsibilities
- Lead large-scale cross-functional programs to enable rapid progress in highly complex areas leveraging and developing technical domain understanding
- Drive end-to-end program design planning and delivery using your knowledge of program methodologies including tools and techniques such as critical path management program planning dependency tracking program reporting and decision making
- Partner with multiple senior stakeholders across the organisation adapting your approach accordingly. Proactively share critical program information with key decision makers influencing positive outcomes and fostering alignment.
- Partner with leaders researchers engineers and wider teams to translate strategic ambitions into clear objectives handle risks anticipate issues and offer creative solutions
- Navigate an ambiguous and changeable environment to drive and track progress towards program outcomes
- See and progress opportunities to improve ways of working tools or processes
- Lead and collaborate with other program managers and provide coaching for individuals to overcome challenges and ensure the conditions are right to enable teams to produce pioneering and mission focused work
- Support and drive engagement across the team by building relationships sharing constructive feedback challenging established ways of thinking and inspiring team members to achieve their full potential
- Evaluate the success of programs against their aims goals and objectives and share lessons and insight across the wider business
About you
This role requires someone who is innovative and collaborative in their approach to problem solving. Its crucial you have significant experience leading and managing large-scale programs excellent judgement and communication skills and a passion for continuous learning.
In order to set you up for success as a Program Manager at Google DeepMind we look for the following skills and experience:
- Extensive experience in managing sizeable programs across a variety of operating environments with the proven skill to navigate through ambiguity and adjust and adapt program strategies as conditions change
- Experience in managing large complex programs and organisational change solving challenges and implementing sustainable solutions
- Extensive experience partnering with senior stakeholders adapting approach to stakeholder preferences and navigating conflicting priorities
- Strong communicator able to develop meaningful relationships with key partners and use these to influence action and outcomes
- Experience in leading individuals from a diverse set of backgrounds in an ambitious program environment
- Experience supporting teams in fast-paced and constantly evolving environments. Preferred experience in a Research Product or Tech environment working with researchers and engineers
- Naturally curious and enjoy working across a large range of different subjects with ease quickly gaining the knowledge you need to be effective
- Passionate about our mission proactive about learning and acquiring knowledge to enhance your experience
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $174000 - $258000 bonus equity benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.
Note: In the event your application is successful and an offer of employment is made to you any offer of employment will be conditional on the results of a background check performed by a third party acting on our behalf. For more information on how we handle your data please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy.
At Google DeepMind we value diversity of experience knowledge backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex race religion or belief ethnic or national origin disability age citizenship marital domestic or civil partnership status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
